Olivia Rodrigo was joined without warning visitor Weezer throughout her headlining set at Lollapalooza 2025.
On Friday (Aug. 1), the 22-year-old pop famous person made her debut on the second day of the Chicago music competition at Grant Park. Towards the top of her night set, she stunned the gang by inviting Weezer to affix her on stage.
In a fan-captured video on TikTok, Rodrigo shared with the gang that Weezer was the primary band she ever noticed stay.
“You all the time keep in mind your first live performance. It’s a really, very particular second,” the “Drivers License” singer stated. “I keep in mind my first live performance. It was a really memorable evening. I watched this unbelievable band and I’m so over the moon, as a result of that unbelievable band is definitely right here tonight to play a number of songs. Will you please say whats up to Weezer?”
Weezer then joined Rodrigo for performances of their basic hits “Buddy Holly” and “Say It Ain’t So,” each from the group’s 1994 self-titled album. She performed guitar and harmonized alongside frontman Rivers Cuomo throughout the collaboration. Try clips from the performances here and here on X.
This marked Weezer’s first Lollapalooza efficiency since they headlined alongside Widespread Panic in 2005.
This isn’t the primary time Rodrigo has introduced out shock friends throughout her current competition appearances. She just lately invited David Byrne onstage at New York’s Governors Ball to carry out Speaking Heads’ 1983 hit “Burning Down the Home,” and welcomed The Cure’s Robert Smith at this yr’s Glastonbury Competition to carry out “Friday I’m In Love” and “Simply Like Heaven.”
Throughout her Lolla set on Saturday, Rodrigo opened with “Obsessed” and “Ballad of a Homeschooled Lady,” and likewise carried out hits together with “Driver’s License,” “Traitor,” “Dangerous Thought, Proper?” and “Love Is Embarrassing.”
The Chicago competition continues Saturday (Aug. 2) with headliners Rüfüs Du Sol and TWICE, adopted by closers Sabrina Carpenter and A$AP Rocky on Sunday.